Mailman 3 October 2009 - Python-Dev

Re: [Python-Dev] tokenize string literal problem
by C or L Smith Oct. 24, 2009

Oct. 24, 2009

C or L Smith wrote: > PROBLEM > I need to find code snippets which are located in docstrings. > Docstrings, being string literals should be able to be parsed out > with tokenize. But tokenize is giving the wrong results (or I am > doing something wrong) for this (pathological) case: > > foo.py: > +---- > def bar(): > """ > A quoted triple quote is not a closing > of this docstring: > >>> print '"""' > """ > """… [View More]

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tokenize string literal problem
by C or L Smith Oct. 24, 2009

Oct. 24, 2009

BACKGROUND I'm trying to modify the doctest DocTestParser so it will parse docstring code snippets out of a *py file. (Although doctest can parse these with another method out of *pyc, it is missing certain decorated functions and we would also like to insist of import of needed modules rather and that method automatically loads everything from the module containing the code.) PROBLEM I need to find code snippets which are located in docstrings. Docstrings, being string literals should … [View More]

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Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-ideas] Remove GIL with CAS instructions?
by Kristján Valur Jónsson Oct. 23, 2009

Oct. 23, 2009

> -----Original Message----- > From: python-ideas-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames.com(a)python.org > [mailto:python-ideas-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames.com@python.org] On > Behalf Of Sturla Molden > Sent: 20. október 2009 22:13 > To: python-ideas(a)python.org > Subject: Re: [Python-ideas] Remove GIL with CAS instructions? > > > - The GIL has consequences on multicore CPUs that are overlooked: > thread > switches are usually missed at check intervals. This could be … [View More]

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Bug 7183 and Python 2.6.4
by Barry Warsaw Oct. 23, 2009

Oct. 23, 2009

I'd like to get a second opinion on bug 7183: http://bugs.python.org/issue7183 The Boost folks have reported this as a regression in 2.6.3, making it a candidate for Python 2.6.4. IIUC, the latest version of Boost fixes the problem in their code, but if it really is a regression it could affect other projects and should probably be fixed. Robert Collins from the Bazaar team pinged me on IRC and originally thought that they'd been bitten by this problem too, though he looked around … [View More]

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Volunteer needed to organize summits
by A.M. Kuchling Oct. 23, 2009

Oct. 23, 2009

I'd like to turn over the organization of the VM and Python Language Summits at PyCon 2010 to someone else, one or two people. (The same person doesn't need to organize both of them.) Why: in November PyCon will be three months away, so the guest list needs to be finalized and the invitations need to be sent. Yet I can't pull together the motivation to work on them; I contemplate the task for two minutes and then go do something else. It's obviously better if the summit tasks are being … [View More]

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Summary of Python tracker Issues
by Python tracker Oct. 23, 2009

Oct. 23, 2009

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (10/16/09 - 10/23/09) Python tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 2474 open (+27) / 16541 closed (+16) / 19015 total (+43) Open issues with patches: 987 Average duration of open issues: 673 days. Median duration of open issues: 428 days. Open Issues Breakdown open 2436 (+27) pending 37 ( +0) Issues Created Or Reopened (43) … [View More]

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PyErr_NewExceptionWithDoc
by Georg Brandl Oct. 22, 2009

Oct. 22, 2009

Hi, issue #7033 proposes a new C API that creates a new exception class with a docstring. Since exception classes should be documented, and adding the docstring after creating is not a one-liner, I would say it is a useful addition. What do you all think? Georg -- Thus spake the Lord: Thou shalt indent with four spaces. No more, no less. Four shall be the number of spaces thou shalt indent, and the number of thy indenting shall be four. Eight shalt thou not indent, nor either indent thou … [View More]

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Interest in integrating C decimal module into Python?
by Stefan Krah Oct. 22, 2009

Oct. 22, 2009

Hi, as some of you know, recently I've released an arbitrary precision C library for decimal arithmetic together with a Python module: http://www.bytereef.org/libmpdec.html http://www.bytereef.org/fastdec.html Both the library and the module have been tested extensively. Fastdec currently differs from decimal.py in a couple of ways that could be fixed. The license is AGPL, but if there is interest in integrating it into Python I'd release it under a Python-compatible license. There have … [View More]

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PEP 384
by Andrew Svetlov Oct. 22, 2009

Oct. 22, 2009

Is there some public branch for this PEP? I like the idea and glad to look on implementation. Thanks.

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Proposal: Moratorium on Python language changes
by Guido van Rossum Oct. 21, 2009

Oct. 21, 2009

In the python-ideas list I've proposed a moratorium on language changes. It seems to be gaining momentum; if you want to have a say, come over. You can watch the discussion in the archives starting here: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2009-October/006305.html . (Eventually I'll move the proposal over to python-dev, but I thought it only fair to give early warning to those who don't read python-ideas.) -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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